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ملغ

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root pertains to foolishness and speaking obscenely. It describes someone who is foolish and uses foul language, often in a way that is not merely imitative but a characteristic of their speech.

Derived headwords

المُلَغُnoun
  1. 1.
    foolboth

    An ignorant or foolish person who speaks obscenely or uses foul language.

مُلِغَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak obscenelyclassical

    To utter foul or indecent language, characteristic of a foolish person.

مَلِغadjective
  1. 1.
    obscene-speakingclassical

    Describing someone who habitually speaks obscenely or foolishly.

أَمْلَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak obscenelyclassical

    To speak in an obscene or foul manner, often implying a deliberate or characteristic way of speaking.

المُلَغُnoun
  1. 1.
    foul speechclassical

    Obscene or indecent language, particularly when spoken by a foolish person.

يَلْكَىverb
  1. 1.
    to be struckclassical

    To be struck or afflicted, in this context, by speech.

الْأَمْلَغُadjective
  1. 1.
    obsceneclassical

    Characterized by obscene or foul speech.

Parallel reading

المُلَغُ بالكسر: الأحمق الذي يتكلم بالفحش.
Al-mulagh (with kasra) is the fool who speaks obscenely.
يقال بلغ ملغ
It is said, 'He spoke obscenely, a fool.'
وقد يفرد.
And it can be used singularly.
والملغ يلكى بالكلام الاملغ
And the fool is struck by obscene speech.
فدل أنه ليس بإتباع.
This indicates that it is not an echo word (i.e., not imitative).